Art Exhibitions at the Arboretum
An exhibition of paintings
March 2 - May 1 | Frances Coates
8 AM - 4 PM (M - F) | Frances Plecker Education Center
Wildflowers in Virginia are representatives of 189 families. Paintings from15 families have been selected to exhibit in the Frances Plecker Education Center at the Edith Carrier Arboretum, and will include one or two family members that bloom around the arboretum grounds during March and April.
While living in Wisconsin I began painting my series of more than 50 wildflower families inspired by arboretums, sanctuaries, and botanical gardens throughout the state as well as numerous individual wildflowers I documented along hiking trails throughout the state. The series was first exhibited at the University of Wisconsin Madison arboretum in the August of 2013. Like James Madison University, many universities in Wisconsin include arboretums as part of their campuses. Over the years, I have repainted some family paintings as I saw additional species or reworked a composition to include another species. In Virginia, the 2012 publication of the Flora of Virginia changed members of some families, notably for this exhibit, taxonomy that once included Trilliums as part of the Lily Family are now separate families.
The work of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) has influenced my paintings. Her use of color, line, detailed observations, depiction of metamorphosis, and her organization of space is reflected in my paintings. Some of my recent paintings focus on a wildflower’s stages of grow or like Merian, incorporate the stages of butterfly’ stages along with its host plant’s stages. Additional examples of my painting can be viewed at the Cottage Curator in Sperryville. VA.
PAST EXHIBITIONS ARCHIVE
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2020 January - February | JMU Student Exhibition 2019 January - February | Erica Lohan 2018 Janurary - February | Gene Gibb 2017 January - February | Jessica Horting + Sarah Phillips 2016 January - February | Deborah Davis
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2015 January - February | Celia Culver Rutt 2014 January - February | Brian Ripley 2013 January - February | JMU Art Students Exhibit 2012 January 2012 | Evan McGrew 2011 May - June | Ed Gowen |
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Frances Plecker Education Center | Monday - Friday | 8 AM - 4 PM
